David Edge (born November 12, 1954, in Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom) is a former long-distance runner, who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in the men's marathon.Masters Athletics 2010
Biography In Blackpool, he had been a policeman. He moved to Canada in 1981, and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, he did not finish. Four years later in Seoul, South Korea he finished in 67th place.
He is Jewish, and competed in the 1981 Maccabiah Games, winning a silver medal in the 10,000 m and a bronze medal in the mini-marathon, and in the 1989 Maccabiah Games. Edge won the silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the marathon, behind Australia's Robert de Castella.
In 1984, he won the Ottawa Race Weekend marathon, and was the Canadian national marathon champion.
A resident of Newport Beach, California USA, Edge is married to Ireland's former long-distance runner Carey May.
Achievements Representing 1981World Cross Country ChampionshipsMadrid182ndSenior men's race38:041982Chicago Marathon Chicago4thMarathon2:12:25Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka7thMarathon2:12:401983Boston MarathonBoston6thMarathon2:11:04Australian MarathonSydney3rdMarathon2:14:26World Championships Helsinki24thMarathon2:15:43 Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka8thMarathon2:11:481984Ottawa Marathon Ottawa1stMarathon (NC)2:13:19 Olympic Games Los Angeles—MarathonDNF 1985Grandma's MarathonDuluth2ndMarathon2:12:241986Houston MarathonHouston2ndMarathon2:11:40Commonwealth Games Edinburgh 2ndMarathon2:11:08Fukuoka Marathon Fukuoka8thMarathon2:12:26 1987London MarathonLondon9thMarathon2:11:511988London Marathon London17thMarathon2:14:10Olympic Games Seoul67thMarathon2:32:19
See also List of Canadian Track and Field Championships winners List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics (men) List of marathon national champions (men)
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